This is an amazing crab fossil. It is a large Tumidocarcinusgiganteus from the Miocene of New Zealand. This crab was found in a very hard, dense concretion, and the concretion has beenlaboriously prepared to reveal this fabulousfossil - thepreparation of this specimen took a full 50 hours! The crab is extremely 3-dimensionally preserved and exhibits great detail. The carapace, HUGE claws, and ALL of the legs are intact and beautifully displayed. This is very rare - usually, only a few of the legs are fossilized. The arthropod has excellent natural color and anazing contrast and is well displayed in the large concretion. This is a very complete and collectible specimen of this HUGE fossil crab from Down Under.

A Certificate of Authenticity from EXTINCTIONS is included with this specimen.